Australian cricket
The Australian Coat of Arms - The Insignia on the baggy green
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| Test status acquired | 1877 | |||||||||
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| Captain | Steve Smith | |||||||||
| Coach | Darren Lehmann | |||||||||
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| Test Matches | ||||||||||
| First Test | v  England at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne; 15–19 March 1877 |
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| Last Test | v  Pakistan at Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney; 3–7 January 2017 |
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| One-Day Internationals | ||||||||||
| First ODI | v England at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne; 5 January 1971 |
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| Last ODI | v  New Zealand at Seddon Park, Hamilton; 5 February 2017 |
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| World Cup Appearances | 11 (first in 1975) | |||||||||
| Best result | Champions (5 times) | |||||||||
| T20 Internationals | ||||||||||
| First T20I | v New Zealand at Eden Park, Auckland; 17 February 2005 |
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| Last T20I | v  Sri Lanka at Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne; 17 February 2017 |
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| World Twenty20 Appearances | 6 (first in 2007) | |||||||||
| Best result | Runners-up (2010) | |||||||||
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| ICC Rankings | Current | Best-ever |
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2nd 2nd 6th |
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| Tests | Played | Won/Lost |
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| Total | 797 | 376/213 (206 draws, 2 ties) |
| This year | 1 | 1/0 (0 draws) |
| ODIs | Played | Won/Lost |
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| Total | 898 | 554/303 (9 ties, 32 no result) |
| This year | 7 | 4/3 (0 ties, 0 no result) |
| T20Is | Played | Won/Lost |
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| Total | 91 | 46/42 (2 ties, 1 no result) |
| This year | 1 | 0/1 (0 ties, 0 no result) |
The Australia national cricket team, represents the country of Australia in international cricket. It is the joint oldest team in Test cricket history, having played in the first ever Test match in 1877. The team also plays One Day International cricket and Twenty20 International, participating in both the first ODI, against England in the 1970–71 season and the first Twenty20 International, against New Zealand in the 2004–05 season, winning both games. The team draws its players from teams playing in the Australian domestic competitions – the Sheffield Shield, the Australian domestic limited-overs cricket tournament and the Big Bash League.
The national team has played 797 Test matches, winning 376, losing 213, drawing 206 and tying 2. Australia is ranked the number-one team overall in Test cricket in terms of overall wins, win-loss ratio and wins percentage. As of 25 November 2016, Australia is ranked third in the ICC Test Championship on 108 rating points.
The Australian cricket team has played 898 ODI matches, winning 554, losing 303, tying 9 and with 32 ending in no-result. They currently lead the ICC ODI Championship, having done so for 130 of 161 months since its introduction in 2002. Australia have made a record seven World Cup final appearances (1975, 1987, 1996, 1999, 2003, 2007 and 2015) and have won the World Cup a record five times in total; 1987, 1999, 2003, 2007 and 2015. Australia is the first team to appear in four consecutive World Cup finals (1996, 1999, 2003 and 2007), surpassing the old record of three consecutive World Cup appearances by West Indies (1975, 1979 and 1983) and the first team to win 3 consecutive world cups (1999, 2003 and 2007). It is also the second team to win a World Cup (2015) on home soil, after India (2011).
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